The strategic use of closantel and albendazole in controlling naturally acquired gastrointestinal nematodes of sheep in the Kenya highlands

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 547-557

  Maingi, N ^a   Thamsborg, S M ^b   Gichohi, V M ^a   Munyua, W K ^a   Gathuma, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Albendazole; Anthelmintics; Closantel; Control; Haemonchus; Sheep; Trichostrongylus

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; CLOSANTEL; PLASMA PROTEIN; SALICYLANILIDE DERIVATIVE; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HELMINTH; HEMATOCRIT; KENYA; LAMB; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; WEIGHT GAIN;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FECES; FEMALE; HAEMONCHIASIS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; KENYA; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SALICYLANILIDES; SEASONS; SERUM ALBUMIN; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; HAEMONCHUS; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; VERMES;

EID: 0030691009     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005966730387     Document Type: Article

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